United Arab Emirates
Country
Key facts
- Currency: U.A.E. dirham
- Capital city: Abu Dhabi
- Region: Western Asia
- Continent: Asia
- Land area: 71,020 km²
- Population: 9,441,129
- Political Leader: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (President)
Latest news
Intense rainfall sweeps across Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates, disrupting flights
Read: ABC News
2024-03-09
Intense rainfall sweeps across Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates, disrupting flights
Read: The Star
2024-03-09
Collector Fady Jameel: 'I feel privileged to have been involved in this incredible transformation of the arts scenes in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates'
Read: The Art Newspaper
2024-02-27
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in the United Arab Emirates on his seventh trip to the nation
Read: Fox News
2024-02-13
United Arab Emirates to build NASA Gateway airlock, send astronaut on Artemis mission
Read: Phys
2024-01-08
'The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are no longer aligned with US policy'
Read: Le Monde
2023-12-15
Metrics
General information
Business
Central government debt | 1.85 % of GDP |
Expense | 4.34 % of GDP |
GDP | 507,064,000,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 4.83 annual % |
Self-employed | 4.47 % of total employment |
Tax revenue | 0.54 % of GDP |
Unemployment | 2.97 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 1.16 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 3,915.61 km² |
Alternative and nuclear energy | 0.10 % of total energy use |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 188,089.00 kt |
Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from natural gas sources | 98.53 % of total |
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
Electricity production from oil sources | 1.24 % of total |
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.23 % of total |
Net energy imports | -183.84 % of energy use |
Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman |
Forest area | 3,173 km² |
Fossil fuel energy consumption | 86.13 % of total |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -16,708.70 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 29.30 years |
Methane emissions | 56,944.70 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 1,829.64 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 2,893,385 |
Male Population | 6,547,744 |
Renewable energy consumption | 0.92 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 77,233.30 km² |
Rural population | 1,176,081 |
Urban land area | 2,263.10 km² |
Urban population | 8,265,048 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 25.50 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 10.31 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 1.87 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 2,191.81 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 5.67 % of GDP |
Hospital beds | 1.38 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 79 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 6.40 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 100.00 % of population |
Individuals using the Internet | 100.00 % of population |
Net migration | 0 |
Press freedom | 1.79 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 63,000 |
Democracy score | 2.76 |
Democracy type | Authoritarian |
Military expenditure | 5.64 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 50.00 % |
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